ઓછી પુજી ઘણીને ખાય.

ōchī pujī ghaṇīnē khāya.

Literally: Small capital eats a lot.
What it means: It means that a small investment or resource is quickly exhausted.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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